Thanks, Bruce. I'm getting a little annoyed by that 1911 forum.... after I spent most of the weekend taking pictures, they seem to be slow-dancing and praising the 1911 in general, instead of putting a price on it.

Maybe they just don't want to insult me, but I'm beginning to think they're more interested in promoting the 1911 mystique to further and feather their own collector interests instead of discussing values.

I'm tempted to post a video on their forum of me firing 1000 rounds through it - just to make them cringe. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />

I can see that to some, the price is not as important as the appreciation of history, but everything has a price and no matter what a collector says, somewhere deep down is a value factor - or they wouldn't be collecting them.

Today, I bid $101 on a Scoville magazine and was outbid. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> I'm now trying to buy 2 Little magazines (also period correct) for $90. This can be a tough business when you want something. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Frank <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />